Title: THE HOLLOW WOODS Genre: Upper MG Dark Historical Fantasy Word Count: 48,000 My MC and MA (main antagonist) are dressed as: Henry would dress to match his father at a Halloween party. Not the side of him draped in tattered clothes that reek of manual labor from working their apple orchard. To him, work’s more important than […]
Title: THE WISHBONE CURSEGenre: Middle Grade Contemporary Fantasy Word Count: 51,000 My MC and MA (main antagonist) are dressed as: Pip’s dressed as The Bride of Frankenstein. She has poliosis, so she’s already got white streaks in her black hair. (She has a pretty self-deprecating sense of humor, so she wouldn’t mind). Daryl would go dressed in his […]
We’re back with ?? agents and even more mentors! It’s Nightmare Time! Don’t have a scary manuscript, DON’T WORRY. Just read on. A brand new year, and unimaginable horrors to come. This contest, as it runs in the Halloween time, is all about FEAR. The Details: The submission window opens at 4:00 pm (EST) on Friday, […]
My favorite type of success story–one that came from our contests! Let this bit of inspiration follow you into Pitchwars and the fall contests. Here’s the story from Ash. I put the finishing touches on my MG fantasy manuscript CATTYWAMPUS in late May of 2016, spent July-Sept in rounds of revisions with notes from my […]
Title: THE CANDY CANE CONSPIRACY Genre: MG Contemporary Fantasy Word Count: 84,000 My Main Character’s Most Stressful Relationship is: My MC’s most stressful relationship is with Santa. He’s her greatest enemy, but she can’t help but feel sorry for him and wonder if they’re more alike than she thinks. Like him, she’s willing to sacrifice […]
Title: THANKS(MIS)GIVING DAY Genre: MG Contemporary Word Count: 37,000 My MC’s Most Stressful Relationship is with his conniving and manipulative sister, Jocelyn. It’s bad enough they share the same birthday, but blowing out candles together was just the first spark in their disastrous relationship. After they began school, a perky administrator decided to combine grades […]
Title: CODE STARS Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary Word Count: 47,000 My Main Character’s Most Stressful Relationship is: My MC’s most stressful relationship is definitely with Julia Pearl, her best friend. At least, Evie thinks Julia is still her best friend. It’s hard to know these days. Evie wishes their friendship was like before, when she […]